Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 489-498 , December 2011

Perioperative effectiveness research using large databases

  • Robert E. Freundlich, MD, MS (Research Fellow)

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  • Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA (Assistant Professor)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 936 4280; Fax: +1 734 936 9091.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.08.008

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 489-498 , December 2011

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